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Archaeology of historic Subantarctic sealing
LAWRENCE, Dr Susan
HIMI, Macquarie Island
This research project forms part of a PhD thesis on the historic sealing industry in the Southern Ocean between c1790 and 1900. During this period large numbers of vessels from various colonial powers such as England…
Strain fields on the Amery Ice Shelf using GPS
COLEMAN, Prof. Richard
Amery Ice Shelf, Australia (or home country)
Primary production, bacterial production, phytoplankton growth and microzooplankton grazing rates along the WOCE SR3 line and in the seasonal ice zone
GRIFFITHS, Dr Francis (Brian)
Marine Science
This project is directed at understanding controls on the role of phytoplankton, bacteria and heterotrophic organisms in moderating climate change by determining the rates of biological uptake of CO2 in the surface ocean, and how the fixed carbon is transferred to the deep ocean.
Measurement of moss growth rates in Antarctica
SELKIRK, Dr Patricia
Australia (or home country), NE Bailey Peninsula ASPA, Casey, Davis, Vestfold Hills
Tectonic evolution of the Archaean to Proterozoic of George V Land - correlations with the Gawler Craton, South Aust. and evaluation of the Mawson Continent in supercontinent configurations
FANNING, Dr Christopher (Mark)
Australia (or home country), George V Land, Marine Science
Contaminants in the Antarctic environment (Umbrella program - not required from 2001-02)
RIDDLE, Dr Martin
Davis, Larsemann Hills ASMA, HIMI, Casey, Australia (or home country)
The phytophenolic complement and phytopharmaceutical potential of snow algae of the Windmill Islands region
DUVAL, Mr Brian
Casey
Snow algae, in adapting to a harsh environment of freezing temperatures and high solar and UV-irradiation, may produce biologically active compounds.
Distribution of trace metals in the Larsemann Hills lake systems
GASPARON, Dr Massimo
Australia (or home country)